Power plant · Lower Austria, Austria
Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant
Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant is a cancelled nuclear power plant in Lower Austria, Austria, with 700 MW of capacity.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Lower Austria | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 700 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Nuclear | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 48.3544, 15.8847 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
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Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant is the 2nd-largest of 11 power plants in Lower Austria and the 5th-largest of 128 in Austria by capacity; its 700 MW is 3% of the 23,421 MW we hold for Austria. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Austria | 2nd of 11 | 3,863 MW | 18% |
| Austria | 5th of 128 | 23,421 MW | 3% |
| All power plants in our data | 843rd of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 3 CO2 emitters (1,719,664 tCO2e), measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wien Energie - KW Simmering 3 | CO2 emitter | 213,388 tCO2e | — | 45 km |
| Wien Energie - KW Donaustadt | CO2 emitter | 602,238 tCO2e | — | 46 km |
| Wien Energie - KW Simmering 1+2 | CO2 emitter | 904,038 tCO2e | — | 47 km |
Place
Other power plants in Lower Austria
- Theiß power station800 MW
- Korneuburg power plant455 MW
- Kraftwerk Staning432 MW
- Dürnrohr Power Station352 MW
- Altenwörth power station328 MW
- Greifenstein power station293 MW
- Ybbs-Persenbeug power station237 MW
- Melk power station187 MW
Data on this page
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- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- European Commission, Union Registry. EU Union Registry public data, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.